The suspension of mutual legal assistance across the Taiwan Strait affects the rescue of Taiwan compatriots who are in trouble in Cambodia

　　[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Taiwan and Cambodia and other Southeast Asian regions lack channels to jointly fight crime across borders. Therefore, relevant regions have become the "base camp" of Taiwan's fraud and drug smuggling groups.

In the past few days, there have been rising calls on the island for the restoration of the cross-strait joint anti-crime mechanism.

　　Taiwan's "United Daily News" said on the 30th that the news that three Taiwanese were shot dead in Cambodia was reported by the Cambodian media on the evening of the 28th.

The Taiwan Criminal Bureau stated that it has not received relevant information and is contacting the Cambodian police to try to understand the case.

Earlier, a Taiwanese from Hualien County went to Cambodia to work in June, and died of a suspected "drug overdose" in early August, but the Taiwanese police have never been able to grasp the actual details.

　　"United Daily News" believes that the cross-strait joint anti-crime mechanism is a breakthrough to help Taiwanese caught in crimes in Southeast Asia.

However, in response to whether the mainland can be asked to help solve the plight of Taiwan compatriots through the cross-strait mechanism, the Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council only stated on the 18th that the authorities are currently "actively carrying out rescues" and will also strengthen joint efforts with Thailand, Malaysia and other countries to combat crime.

The Taiwan police said in a low-key manner that the "cross-strait fight" was suspended due to the freezing of relations. "If the mainland rescues the Taiwanese victims and brings them back to the mainland, it may turn into a bigger political storm that will be difficult to handle."

　　The Cross-Strait Joint Anti-crime and Judicial Assistance Agreement, referred to as the "Cross-Strait Joint Fight Agreement", was signed in Nanjing in 2009 by the SEF and the ARATS.

After the signing, the repatriated personnel from both sides of the strait included Wang Zhixiong, who was suspected of hollowing out the Hang Xing Bank, Guo Tingcai, a former "legislator" of Taiwan, Chen Yongzhi, a major shooting suspect, and Xu Wuxiang, the principal criminal who kidnapped the deputy chairman of Taichung City.

As of the end of November 2017, 102,000 cross-strait requests for mutual judicial investigation and evidence collection, and 78,000 mutual documents were served.

As of the end of November 2017, there were 6,908 requests for criminal intelligence investigations.

In addition, Taiwan's Criminal Bureau and the mainland's public security have jointly cracked down on cross-border fraud and drug trafficking groups.

In 2011, the Taiwan police cooperated with the mainland police and dispatched troops to Southeast Asian countries to work with local police to crack down on fraudulent gangs.

At that time, Taiwan brought back 122 Taiwanese suspects through the help of mainland police.

　　After Tsai Ing-wen came to power, police-political exchanges almost came to a standstill.

According to statistics from Taiwan's "Criminal Bureau", the number of cross-border crimes detected by cross-strait cooperation in the past 10 years was the most during the Ma Ying-jeou period, with 37 cases cracked in one year and an average of 1,399 arrests per year; It was the mainland that provided Taiwan's drug information; for the part of accommodating and repatriating criminals, the Ma authorities detained a total of 321 people in the first 5 years, and the Cai authorities only detained 52 in the next 5 years, and in 2021 it is even zero.

In January this year, Taiwan's "Immigration Agency" sent 21 smugglers from mainland China back to the mainland. This is the first time that Taiwan has sent smugglers back to the mainland in more than a year.

　　Taiwan's "China Times" said on the 22nd that only a joint crackdown on both sides of the strait is the best policy to clear the source.

Taiwan's "Wang Daily" published an editorial saying, "The cooperation between the judicial authorities on both sides of the Taiwan Strait can save the Taiwanese people who are in trouble overseas."

But it is a pity that the DPP does not see the risk of gold rush for the people in Southeast Asia, and it is always unwilling to use the hands of the mainland to help rescue those in crisis on the grounds that they have no "diplomatic relations" with Cambodia and are difficult to use to save people. people.

(Zhang Ruo)